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The A-10: Bang for the Buck

The A-10 Warthog was built for this kind of job, carries a huge load of ordnance and has great protection for the pilots.

Jan. 29, 2018 12:51 p.m. ET

Congressional leaders and the Air Force want a “new” plane for attacking terrorist tents and camps (“Air Force Looks at Low-Cost Squadron,” page one, Jan. 20). Have any of them ever heard about the A-10 Thunderbolt II, aka the Warthog? It was built for this kind of job, carries a huge load of ordnance and has great protection for the pilots. There are probably hundreds of them lying around in boneyards somewhere in the Southwest.